IMC 2010: Sessions

When in the same year 1927 M. Grabmann and E. Longpré independently published Eckhart's newly discovered 5 Quaestiones Parisienses, they surprised the scholarly world and opened in the meantime a widely studied field of research. Quickly further editions of these questions appeared (1931, 1974, 1984 ...). What had been overlooked since then, were four more Parisian Questions which, according to Grabmann were 'perhaps by Meister Eckhart', but which have subsequently never been studied again.

The lecture revisits Grabmann's arguments with regards to these four Questions (Utrum omnipotentia que est in Deo, debeat attendi secundum potentiam absolutam vel secundum potentiam ordinatam, fol. 222v; Utrum essentia Dei est actualior quam proprietas, fol. 222v – 223r; Utrum diversitas esset relatio realis vel rationis, fol. 223r – 223v; Utrum differentia secundum rationem sit prior quam differentia secundum rem, fol. 223v – 224r), introduces their content, and asks to what extent they are consistent with Eckhart's thinking. Indeed, a close look at the unexplored Quaestiones (Grabmann was already convinced that the first one which he commented, was of Eckhart) seems to suggest that they are indeed from Eckhart's pen.

Please note that admission to this event will be on a first-come, first-served basis. In contrast to previous years there will be no tickets for the event. Please ensure that you arrive as early as possible to avoid disappointment (the room will be open 15 minutes before the beginning of the lecture). In addition to the lecture there will be a video relay in the adjacent Headingley Room where the same rule applies.